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I'd like to announce the idea of clan camps and ask you for your opinion about it.

A clan camp is just a small area (20x20 meters, 1 meter = 1 cell) available for construction of predefined buildings and objects. Clan leaders and special members called builders will be able to construct towers, wooden sheds, stables, tents, watchtowers, place banners, spikes, crates with items and many other things. Sure, they'll need to pay for building from the clan treasury. Clan camps will be persistent.

A camp builder is a special downloadable application. You might be able to run it from browsers but I'm not sure about it at the moment. That's how it's going to look:

Camp Builder (work in progress) (Click to Show)

Such camps can be spawned on special maps in the game. The environment of camps won't be modifiable but it's possible to prepare several different environments and randomize the weather and time of day.

An in-game example of a camp (Click to Show)

Such maps will be randomly injected to the rotation on the battle server a few times a day. Sure, it will only happen if there are enough members of specific clans.

When the map starts, the game mode will be changed to Deathmatch and only members of the clan will be spawned inside the camp. There's going to be a special chest with gold (200-500) inside the camp. Any player will be able to steal the gold but then he'll need to protect it from all other enemies. If members of the clan will manage to protect the chest or return the gold, it will be added to their treasury as a reward. The map will end in 10-15 minutes.

The idea is to slightly improve the native graphics without replacing the original game assets. The new set of shaders improves ligthing, adds reflections to the metal material, improves blending of terrain textures, makes edges of shadows more soft, improves fog and applies simple parallax mapping to the terrain and some other materials. The graphics modification will be optional.

You can compare it with the native graphics by clicking on the screenshots:

The shaders are almost ready but now I need to adjust parameters of all materials. New screenshots will appear soon.

Clan CampsNow any clan can build a persistent camp in Mercenaries Builder. Only leaders and builders are able to make changes in clan camps but anybody can make a non-persistent camp from scratch in the free build mode. In this mode, you don't spend real gold, but such camps won't be saved and played in the game.

If a camp meets certain requirements, there's a chance that it will be attacked by other mercenaries on the battle server. The camp scene will be injected to the normal map rotation. The time of the day and the weather may vary. The chance depends on the number of playing members and on the rating of the camp. The requirements are as follows:

The camp needs to have a chest and a camp fire.

The rating must be greater or equal to 100.

The clan needs to have at least 3 members on the server and there must be at least 16 players online.

Defenders will spawn around the camp fire, their aim is to protect the chest. All attackers are enemies but they can team up with somebody to attack the camp. Defenders get double rewards for killing enemies who entered the camp. However, every attacker who stays inside the camp increases the respawn period of defenders by 1 second. If somebody manages to loot the chest, attackers should find him and return the gold back to the chest. The saved gold will be added to the clan's treasury as a reward. Even if the chest is empty, the stolen gold won't be taken from the clan's treasury. So, clans do not lose anything.

An example of a camp (Click to Show)

Demonstration of Mercenaries Builder (Click to Show)

In-game screenshots of the camp scene (Click to Show)

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Now leaders can assign builders and flag-bearers by clicking on the icon of a member's duty.

If your FPS in the builder is too low, try chaning the level of anti-aliasing in the options menu. Also, you can change the resolution and some other settings in a special menu. To open it, press and hold the [Shift] key when starting the buildier.

When you start the builder, you may see a long-lasting blue screen. I have already implemented a better loading screen, but unfortunately, I cannot enable it right now due to some issues with the latest versions of the Unity engine. I hope them to be fixed in the nearest feature.

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Changes in maps (Click to Show)

Added a static catapult to Rudkhan Castle.Fixed some glitches on Port Assault, Nord Town, Tihr, Boarding and Widespread Ruins.Improved the bounding volume of gates on Ambean Castle.Added crates with spikes and throwing axes to Brunwud Castle.

I would like to say that the update will be released this year. So, less than two weeks left. Sorry that too much time passed since the last update. I will try to reorganize my work and release updates more often in the future.

Slightly reworked the leaderboard. Now the dependence on the K/D ratio is non-linear.

Implemented personal weapon statistics as an additional service for donators. link

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In-game scores (Click to Show)

That's what you can get score points for:

Kill: 1 point

Dismount: 0.5 points

Kill assist: 0.5 points

Killing a captain: 0.5 additional points

Killing an enemy who captures a flag: 0.5 additional points

Capturing a flag: 2 points

Changes in maps (Click to Show)

Grunwalder Castle: closed a hole (trap) near a wall.Night Skirmish: added a crate with spikes near the spawning point of Redstone.Rudkhan Castle: now it's not possible to hide inside a dome of one of the houses.Curin Castle: increased duratuion of a round by 20 seconds, increased the respawning period of defenders by 3 seconds.

Pulling out bodkins, from the muthafucking quiver
and then you get a fucking arrow in ya liver

Breaking the rules, on the server with Dawlish,
and then he bans your ass, for acting foolish
At his computer with a cheese pickle sandwich
and then he cuts you in half, bitch

I got my pitchfork and SolemN got his sword
slice and dicing shit, like a cohort

We fucking raid villages, in the night,

then after we Wreck your ass, we say good fight!

Killing lucker of shut noobs
after the battle ends, you will have many cut wounds

Killed by your teammates, so you reported them
But then it got rejected, by luitenent,

the cutemuffin, start slaying noobs
and making crazy duels, next thing you know, he’s sword in you

you cant mess with thee, korpiklaani
Skytime, gooien flup, and nagi,
Hunt down your ass, from here to finland
Because half of korpi is admin, you will get banned.

I remember when ninjaduck , came to this mod,
and we merged hugger with the second reich of SKoD

Wang is the alligator, of mercs
I will lay in wait, and when you come close, I will rape ya

all noobs, you cant afford shit from the market shop
that is because you got scammed by jock,

Me and katniss in battle, will cover me
and put the blade, into your kidney

Leionidas says, wtf I covered my shit,
Spammer of shit how the fuck did I get hit

Protect the gate tower, I jump down the ladder,
Get fucked in the ass, all during happy hour

I got my handgonne, pointed, at the gate,
And when that shit breaks, I shoot em, in the face

Arcars K/D, is always twenty to zero
and when he is last, everyone shouts hero!

Me and sleekphantom double team handgonne
pull the trigger and all enemies are gone

bloedwoud, 100% metal,

and she will put the dagger, in your neck, then backpeddle
we are the perfect combo, fast and slow
and we will destroy your ass, gf tho!!

my first ever clan in this mod was SKoD
and what is my clan now?....thats right bitch, SKoD!
when I arrived here, Nobody liked me, that is because, I am so fucking crazy!
But people got used to me, because they understand, that wangeldo is a part, of mercenaries!

If you got a problem with mercs, come to EU3,
Talking that shit whose best, we will see
you will get your ass destroyed by piotes
and then smashed to pieces by Doori

Tintin 1 on 1 fight, he will win
Stormcrows blade blows will do your shit in

Remus vendetta, and also wang,
we are known as the fear less gang
We rape rob and loot and it doesn’t matter what we do
because in this mod we all get paid

Mous steal my handgonne, and he started to run,
noob player tried to do the same and got rape

Lancerlot got banned, and lost his admin rights
but I said he will be back, and I was right
Lancerlot likes to, lance a lot,
rekt your ass with cav, or with bluetoe you get shot
He got banned again while writing this rap
But like I said before, He will be back

And they still havnt found the, one named jimmy Saville,
Rapeing the land, on the loose like an animal
Ex member of the daggers, when he enters the village, they hear his name
and they muthafucking scatter

You may know me as wangeldo, and wangchan
I didn’t change my name, you know who I fucking am

Do you speak the Mexican city, it doesn’t matter, cos you cant catch me

Me and baumyeldo SKoD out of control
We wreck destroy and put on an eldo show

I have no fear, I don’t care how many you are, all you will hear is wang saying
I will run all among you, and twist you up, because I am eldo, I will fuck you up

Wangy will always be here, the most crazy player
fucking with mercs, then you can say, youre prayers

And don’t worry about the bannerlord, and what will we do
homer will make mercenaries mod 2

And at that time, you will see wang again, but until then,
you can find me in game,

and will I make mercenaries rap 4? I don’t know, lets see how the community responds

Muthafucka, fuck the fucking world, Dawlish knows I will win many oscars

and everybody who says they wasn’t in this rap, you should have come to the fucking forum , and that’s that! !! Rekt…gf tho…u like? Buenooo…

Now everyone can crouch. It's possible to use shields and shoot crossbows while crouching. The perk allows to do it more effectively.

* Some already bought items can be customized for an additional price. You need to pay for modifications once. But if you sell an item, you lose all modifications too.

** The mail coif was changed to the one that looks well with Mail Hauberk, Mail Shirt, Studded Leather Coat over Mail, Heraldic Mail with Tabard, Cuir Bouilli and similar armors. Those helmets are not supposed to be used with plate armors.

*** You can reset characteristics as many times as you want, but if you don't have enough skill points to train a perk, you forget it completely. You'll need to pay the full price to train it again.

**** The settings of the AAFK system are very liberal at the moment. You need to be inactive for like 90 seconds to be moved to the spectator team.

Mail and Plate with Ailettes and Bascinet with Nose Guard have been turned into modifications. The old items were sold for the full price.

I was going to release a new picture of the main menu in the current update, but unfortunately it's not ready yet. The artist is still working on it and it will be released as soon as it's ready.

Also, I was going to edit some maps, fix the team balance issues and add new maps. Some glitches were fixed in the current update but I need a bit more time to complete other tasks. The maps are what I'm going to concentrate on.

Please discuss problems related to the crosbowmen in this thread: Crossbows.

Fixed a problem with defenders respawning outside the walls on Brunwud Castle.Fixed a collision detection problem with the ramp on Desert Farm.Fixed a glitch on Desert Raid.Fixed the entry point of the second team on Steppe Farm.Fixed a glitch on Village.Closed a trap on Grunwalder Castle.Added a side door on Grunwalder Castle.Moved defenders' entry points closer to the walls on Motte and Bailey.Placed a small ladder near the inner wall on Motte and Bailey.

Added an ability to move forward while crouching. The Strong Legs perk affects the speed.

Added a siege map: Mennova Castle.

Returned Desert Town, Canyon and Cavalry Training Ground to the rotation.*

Added a new main menu.

Adjusted the team balancer: it will try to prevent archers from stacking in one team.

Allowed to use daggers while crouching.

Added clan treasuries.

Added 4 clan advantages: Shield Supply, Favor of the Lords, Good Relations with Instructors and Right to Use Flags.

Added a page with results of official clan wars.**

Provided admins with the ability to reset maps in clan wars.

Added an ability to rename characters.

Hits make players unable to leave their teams for 7 seconds.

Players get a notification when they hit a teammate.

A forum signature with a personal kills counter is available in the tavern.

* On the Canyon map, the server will start a poll automatically if there are less than 24 players online. On Cavalry Training Ground the poll will be started in any case.

** The history of clan wars is empty at the moment. That's how it's going to look, approximately:

Spoiler (Click to Show)

Zimke Zlovoljni's ItemsMore items can be added in the nearest future but we need to pay for the right to use them. You can take a look at 4 item packs and donate in the tavern. Click on a slide to open screenshots.

Fame and Clan AdvantagesResults of official clan wars handled by our admins can be published on the special page. The winner gets 3 fame points and the loser get 1 point. It's also possible to buy 1 fame point (hold a feast) but it costs much and you cannot do it often (the cost and time limits may be adjusted in the future). The fame can be spent on clan advantages. Normally they affect all members of the clan.

Every level of the right to use flags increases the limit of flag-bearers in a clan. On the clan page, the leader can click on a member and give him a flag. It cannot be bought or sold. That's how it looks:

Flag (Click to Show)

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Changes in maps (Click to Show)

Rudkhan Castle:

A crate with 5 spikes can be found on a wheelbarrow near the trebuchet.

A crate with 3 spikes can be found on a wheelbarrow near the gates.

A crate with 3 light javelins is hidden in a cart.

Derchios Castle:

Moved some entry points closer to the castle.

Decreased the respawn period of attackers.

Moved the flag on Brunwud Castle inside the house.Placed 2 crates with shields on The Arena.Placed 2 crates with shields on Canyon.Fixed a gitch on Nord Town.Fixed a gitch on Village.Fixed a problem with spawning points on Mahdaar Castle.

BOC. Three letters. Three simple letters that stand for the most mysterious, majestetic and epic thing this Universe has ever seen.
The Band of the Cydonia.
What is the Band of the Cydonia, you ask?
Well, it's something that seems simple, but that's the one thing it's not. To truly understand the concept of the Band of the Cydonia, you'd have to know the secret of the purple unicorn - something that only a select few do.
Those select few are in the magnificent organization, that us, mortals, like to call the Band of the Cydonia.

Author: Jock

Who is the Last Knight Of Cydonia and where is he from?

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History of the Cydonia dates back to the time, when heroes, gods and giants still walked the Earth. When David fought Goliath, when Heracles fulfilled his twelve labours and of course, when the Last Knight of the Cydonia was born.
Nobody truly knows the real name of The Last Knight of the Cydonia.
Some call him "Lee", other call him "The Purple One", but one thing is certain
he is the Last Knight of the Cydonia.
What is Cydonia, you may ask. Well, it is a distant, distant place in an even more distant planet called Mars.
There's not much to tell about Cydonia, seeing as no living person has ever been there, except of course the Last Knight of the Cydonia, but he hasn't given any information about his birthplace.

Author: Jock

What makes the Last Knight of the Cydonia so special?

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Well, listing up all the deeds he's done throughout the known history would probably take two human lifetimes to tell, but I can tell you one thing - He knows the secret of the purple unicorn.

In his human form he appears to us as an old man with a wonderous moustache, usually wielding a great long bardiche or some other magical device from the land of Overpowerdness.
BOCs. Rock. Your. Cock

Author: Jock

How do I join BOC?

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BOC is not a boring/serious clan where you have to train, and bow down to the leader. BOC is a fun clan for derps, berps, and errrr... kerps. Anyway if you wish to join, send an application on mbmerc.com and await my decision. Also, it would be convenient if you made an application on the clan page so I know who you are 'n' stuff. Bye.

Author: Gwaihir

Whats the legend behind BOC, Last Knight Of Cydonia and the Purple Unicorn-banner?

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Once upon a time, in the same land we currently stand on, there was a woman. This woman was renowned all over Calradia, every man in the entire known world knew her name. She was the fairest of maidens, the most gorgeous of women, and the prettiest of them all. The legend said that to win her favour, one had to pass 4 tests, one for every hoof of the horse that formed her personal symbol. Many tried, but noone succeeded. It was a grave fate that those who failed suffered, as the path to enlightenment led on the edge of the cliff towards darkness. To gain the most beautiful, they had to conquer the darkest. Untill, one day, a man, whose name is still unknown today, attempted to pass these tests. The tests trialed his mind, his strenght, his skill and his worth as a man, and he passed them all. Ascending the stairs which noone had ever ascended before, towards the glorious chambers of Lady Cydonia, the purple maiden of the legends. Upon opening the solid and old doors guarding the room since mankind could remember, he saw the pure unrefined beauty. However, as times had passed, the symbol in front of the castle had been tainted, and only now the unknown man realised that there was a fifth, final test. The horn of the unicorn. His charm.

Not much later, he was known as the First knight of Cydonia.

Now, there have been a lot knights of Cydonia in the past ages, all great and true heroes, but the Order has been tainted, and the great beauty Cydonia is no more, but her last staunch defender, the Last Knight of Cydonia stubbornly defends her honour, and has revived the Order.

Now, either follow the Last Knight of Cydonia to war, or die by his bardiche, crested with the legendary purple unicorn, the last relic of Cydonia herself.

Author: Roran

Supreme leader:

LastKnightOfCydonia

Queu picture of BOC cheering. (Click to Show)

Open the spoiler to answer the call of BOC.

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We have an announcement to make,

After consulting with The Great and Last Knight of Cydonia we are going to openly recruit people for the clan. The clan needs to be restored in the same glory like back in the good-old day's so the Cydo army and his minions can rule the land of the mercenaries again. I was appointed as leader of the minions recruiting derparment. If you want to join you can do that in 2 ways.

1: Apply on the forums by copying the thingy underneath here and anwsering it in a creative but true manner.

*=optional

What are your ingame character(s)?:

Why do you intent to join BOC?:

Where are you from?:

Are you a bitching bitch?:

Do you use teamspeak / Do you have a microphone to use teamspeak?:

*What is your steam-id?:

2: Contact ME, Trygrekstan/tryst101 on steam.

Now the story why you should join BOC. Lately a lot has changed in the realm of mercenaries. A lot of people are getting killed by backstabbing, money stealing assassins. Other people get stabbed in the back by no-skilled horsemen, point-blanked by archers or the worst of all death: getting shot by mounted voltures, they call them Horse-archers these days. But people are forgetting what the game was about. It was about skilled fight with eachother without saying gf or GG to piss eachother off. It was about having fun and conversation, which sometimes included trolling. Also sadly enough some people still think delaying is a fun way of trolling, which is not. In the battlefield you need teamwork and tactics. I can hardly see both on the battlefield. But when the Band Of Cydonia arrives there is teamwork, fun, good trolling, conversation, tactics and skilled fighting! Our great leader Cydonia is our role-model. He has got all of these gifted talents. With those talents he and his minions conquer the battlefield.

Our leader is caring when you have fallen on the battlefield many times.

He will even try to catch you and revive you.

But sadly most of the time it is too late because of a backstab or other no-skill practices. So this is the time to join BOC. To not only revive this clan but also revive the fun and glory of playing mercs.

...... This kid is trying so hard to be like Ryzen. All his insults are in the same structure that Ryzen uses all the time.

Kid, Learn the difference between being a complete retarded asshole and some banter.

Hard to believe that this Shiny guy is the same one who pretended to be a girl online. (He even said he was like a famous tennis star and around 17 if i remember)

Fallrach texted him/her on steam and his brother answered. His brother even said that his "little brother" is weird, when we told him that he pretends to be a girl online -> fucking busted.

Turned out he is like 13 years old.

So after telling Shiny that its not cool to pretend to be a girl online and that he should tell everyone the truth or we would do it, his first reaction -> he deleted us (and he owned me merc money)

So i spammed everyone with the truth and he was kinda... forgiven after he payed back and he and Ryzen were still friends. So I was glad that it turned out ... somewhat the good way. No real issue after "coming out"

.... and now I read this shit? and I read the chatlogs from the battle server

Unfortunately, I have many unanswered messages at the moment (requests, applications etc). The update was released but I'm still very busy. I'm going to reply to all messages in the nearest future but I need a week or so to complete some other tasks. I'm sorry for the long delays in replying!